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    • Contact damage investigation of CVD carbonitride hard coatings deposited on cemented carbides 

      El Azhari, Idriss; García, José; Soldera, Flavio; Suárez, Sebastian; Jiménez Piqué, Emilio; Mücklich, Frank T.; Llanes Pitarch, Luis Miguel (2020-01-01)
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      The evolution of damage induced as contact load is increased has been investigated on single- and multilayered coated cemented carbides by means of spherical indentation. The main objective of the study was to assess the ...
    • Critical assessment of two-dimensional methods for the microstructural characterization of cemented carbides 

      Fang, Shiqi; Salán Ballesteros, Maria Núria; Pauly, Christoph; Llanes Pitarch, Luis Miguel; Mücklich, Frank T. (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2022-11-03)
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      Cemented carbides, or hard metals, are ceramic–metal composites usually consisting of tungsten carbide particles bound by a cobalt-based alloy. They are the backbone materials for the tooling industry, as a direct consequence ...
    • Effectiveness of direct laser interference patterning and peptide immobilization on endothelial cell migration for cardio-vascular applications: an in vitro study 

      Schieber, Romain; Mas Moruno, Carlos; Lasserre, Federico; Roa Rovira, Joan Josep; Ginebra Molins, Maria Pau; Mücklich, Frank T.; Pegueroles Neyra, Marta (2022-04-01)
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      Covenantee:   Universität des Saarlandes / Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya
      Endothelial coverage of an exposed cardiovascular stent surface leads to the occurrence of restenosis and late-stent thrombosis several months after implantation. To overcome this difficulty, modification of stent surfaces ...
    • Evolution of microstructure and residual stresses in gradually ground/polished 3Y-TZP 

      Minguela Díaz, Joaquim; Slawik, Sebastian; Mücklich, Frank T.; Ginebra Molins, Maria Pau; Llanes Pitarch, Luis Miguel; Mas Moruno, Carlos; Roa Rovira, Joan Josep (Elsevier, 2019-01-01)
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      Covenantee:   Universität des Saarlandes / Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya
      A comprehensive study of progressively ground/polished 3Y-TZP was performed with the aim of better understanding the mechanisms driving the microstructural modifications observed after such procedures, and identifying the ...
    • Impact of temperature on chlorine contamination and segregation for Ti(C,N) CVD thin hard coating studied by nano-SIMS and atom probe tomography 

      El Azhari, Idriss; Barrirero, Jenifer; Valle, Nathalie; García, José; von Fieandt, Linus; Engstler, Michael; Soldera, Flavio; Llanes Pitarch, Luis Miguel; Mücklich, Frank T. (2022-02-01)
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      High resolution characterization by Atom Probe Tomography (APT) and Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) imaging were combined to highlight the nature of chlorine contamination and impact of deposition temperature for ...
    • Injectable calcium phosphate foams for the delivery of Pitavastatin as osteogenic and angiogenic agent 

      Khurana, Kanupriya; Guillem Martí, Jordi; Mücklich, Frank T.; Canal Barnils, Cristina; Ginebra Molins, Maria Pau (2019)
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      Covenantee:   Universität des Saarlandes
      Apatitic bone cements have been used as a clinical bone substitutes and drug delivery vehicles for therapeutic agents in orthopedic applications. This has led to their combination with different drugs with known ability ...
    • Micromechanical investigations of CVD coated WC-Co cemented carbide by micropillar compression 

      El Azhari, Idriss; García, José Luis; Zamanzade, Mohammad; Soldera, Flavio; Pauly, Christoph; Motz, Christian; Llanes Pitarch, Luis Miguel; Mücklich, Frank T. (Elsevier, 2020-01-15)
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      Deformation behavior of an industrial coated cemented carbide (WC-Co substrate coated with CVD multilayer of TiN/Zr(C,N)/Ti(C,N,O)/Al2O3) was investigated by means of micropillar compression method. In addition to the WC-Co ...
    • Microstructural and mechanical properties at the submicrometric length scale under service-like working conditions on ground WC-Co grades 

      Riu Perdrix, Guiomar; Monclús, Miguel A.; Slawik, Sebastian; Cinca i Luis, Núria; Tarrés Puit, Elena; Mücklich, Frank T.; Llanes Pitarch, Luis Miguel; Molina Aldareguia, Jon; Guitar, Agustina; Roa Rovira, Joan Josep (Elsevier, 2023-11)
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      he unique combination of hardness, toughness, and wear resistance exhibited by heterogeneous hard materials, particularly cemented carbides (WC-Co), has made them preeminent material choices for extremely demanding ...
    • Microstructural and metallurgical assessment of the laser-patterned cemented tungsten carbide (WC-CoNi) 

      Fang, Shiqi; Soldera, Flavio; Rosenkranz, A.; Herrmann, T.; Bähre, Dirk; Llanes Pitarch, Luis Miguel; Mücklich, Frank T. (2018)
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      Cemented carbide is difficult to machine using traditional chip-removal methods due to its hardness. Electrical discharge machining (EDM) is the common method applied to shape cemented carbides because high geometric ...
    • Peptidic biofunctionalization of laser patterned dental zirconia: A biochemical-topographical approach 

      Minguela Díaz, Joaquim; Müller, D.W; Mücklich, Frank T.; Llanes Pitarch, Luis Miguel; Ginebra Molins, Maria Pau; Roa Rovira, Joan Josep; Mas Moruno, Carlos (Elsevier, 2021-06-01)
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      Covenantee:   Universität des Saarlandes / Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya
      A dual approach employing peptidic biofunctionalization and laser micro-patterns on dental zirconia was explored, with the aim of providing a flexible tool to improve tissue integration of restorations. Direct ...